The Weekly Journal, 1865-07-21

bis company. "Booth commenced* by saying that a plan: was formed in the Nurtb'ermSlates audCanada,;;v?^?j|l l?y friends of tbe'Confcderacy, to capture or. ' / assassinate Lincoln, that be bad a full list of the names, and all they dosircd was.un offi?.v '**> cial recognition on the part'of the Confederate ::>.7 authorities, and that the project would certainly be executed. * . "lie further stated that they desired no pe-i .. , }||| enniary assistance from the Government, sis that was already secured; that they were not , after gain,''but were actuated only by a desire"/" to render the Confederacy a service oy remov-:, ' ing 'the tyrant who was'the cahse of so much .0 / : \sutiering to the country, and the only obstacle ' ; ; in the way of a speedy pence. These ape the ; words as near as'I can , remember, ^.^lessrsi:.. iDavis atirrBrecSmndge bOttf^p^Wfbei*'- > hearty condemnation of ' the plot, and advised . - < - J:$ Booth to. think po more of it. That they felt " f J thai their cause was just, and that God, in hia. " v own good time, would give tbejn the victoi^v .< * d

Union need object. We have been surprised J . at tbe abrupt extinction of the war, but not j more so than' the Americans- themselves.? j Whatever Amy ha vet. been our speculations or sympathies, we rejoice that the work of carnage is at an etui. We cordially reciprocate the expressions of amity which rt'ifch us Iroai America, and .shall not be disbelieved in our V' professions of desire for permanent peace. For " the rest, wo c,^n only wait. We can see tioth,, ingof the future, nor will We pretend to believe ' that the revolution is over. On the contrary. we see that it is but hah' finished, and that *. America will certainly never be the America VtAif the past. . Bat it may coll he something, {better bi-'h of riaVerv/.dt r^?y' :-ute, 'is j effaced from its-soil and one subject of con ten- i tion js removi-d- Tim pos'iion?ton. _ol'._naeh I "r Htal'e of ilui Uiiiou in relation to tj.-e whole i.-' nnw jdeiined and -stall idled, if n'yt improved. J Then tiie piVipljt have learned trushx and mi; | t;ll!-i-i,'S. hfisi.leS t.Ullcl^oi Mo' ii'lllt ill- i

oviior of that State, so that governors have now been appointed for al! tiio late Southern States, with the exception of Elorida. The President's proclamation is, in this instance, in the same form as those already ifsned appointing Provision!'! Governor of South Csioiina, as the earlyist praelieahle period, to prescribe snch rules as may be necessary and propper for convening a Convention, composed of delegates to be ohoseu by that portion of the people who are loyal to the United States, and no others, for the purpose of altering the constitution thereof, and to restore said State to its coultitiitional relations with the federal Government; provided, that in any eledSffon that may be hereafter held for choosing delegates to any Stat? Convention, na aforesaid, no person shaUjfelx! qualified as a iitQzfi bar f'f'gittci-'-eirmrentwny "'Umess -xieTsIrailliavo previously taken aud subscribed to the 'wri li of n??in?-sty as set .forth in t'10 President's

it is {rue, iu the outset, gave his word that lie I would assist Maximilian 111 bringing the- Mexivaus to recognize the new form of Government; | but just'at this time, now that our civil war is I ended, our friend on the opposite side of tuc Atlantic has completely changed his views/ On-the other hand, the Liberal party have gained courage at the tjira events have taken i iu the United States, and are determined now j more than ever to rid their country of all usurp- i ers and invaders. If Maximilian is wise, lie j will not wait for our Government to intimate I to him that it i< time he had packed his val r ise and was on his way to the other side, but will be on . the move i at once?Charleston \ Courier. i TltOPIlV IIi'NTFKS liOBBlNO G RAVlif>.?it < will scarcely be' believed that some persons, I influenced by the passion for tropin seeking, |

JJ^U iu wuu afcauvjuuiifc. "Lo! the PooiiBjpEEDMEN.?A Macon exchange says : "\Veare informed by a phy- , "v,' sician that there is great suffering among the negroes that have congregated around the city. ; Many are dying, and more arc confined by sickness. They are destitute of all comforts :" not able to procure medical aid, nor even the absolute necessaries of life. Numbeifc arc crowded into small rooms, wliioh renders recovery very improbable. It is stated that in two small rooms there are fifty of these miserable wretchdsi crowded. This exessive hot weather bringing disease of evry character among them. Uu Uuless - less Uuless there are steps taken soon to relieve them^ they will die by scores. Little sympathy is fob. for those noor creatures, for thev are

without rcsorting'to anything but tbe'most ' M honorable warfare, ami that they were willing to leave Lincoln's punishment, for his great !-\v crime, to the providence of a just God and an outraged people. . -x.. , . ." // I "Bcujaiuiu said nothing. Booth then retired, and the last words he uttered in the room were: '!Fc must die!" After Booth and his friends were gone, Davis said: "Those fellows caine here merely to see the Richmond sights, and their assassination plot is a mere fudge.' Breckinridge and Benjamin laughed, and the latter said: 'I think so.' I am satis^ fied that hone of them ever .expected what has biucc become so deadly a reality. In conclu~ sion, let me say that I am willing to be1 quali -

} ancl tnac 11 uig uwciiiui iiufni uu somewhat difficult, it has in this instance been ; . made practically easy. The people of the 1 " North know full well' that this contest between 1 them and their fcllow-citizcns of the South has, indeed, heen a civil war, and nothing less. We need not appeal to the gigantic, proportions of tho conflict, for the actual conduct of | ' the strife on both sides /furnishes evidence in (1 abuudance. Tlnj beligcrents did observe the rules of war, the captives were considered pris( oners of war, and treated as such. If in the heat of the contest any aet contrary to the j laws of war was committed, it was palliated or explained. In fact, at the very moment that 1 the Federal Govc'rnmcut is bringing the Con* \